Carmi, British Columbia

Carmi (/ˈkɑːrmaɪ/ KAR-my)[1] is a ghost town in the Boundary Country region of southern British Columbia. The town is on the west side of the West Kettle River, east of Penticton, on Hwy 33.[2] Carmi emerged as a silver mining camp just after the turn of the 20th century, named after the nearby mine owned by James C. Dale from Carmi, Illinois.[3]

Carmi
Carmi
Location of Carmi in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 119°07′00″W
Country Canada
Province British Columbia

By 1910, Carmi comprised crude log cabins and a hotel owned by "Trapper" Smith. When the mine closed, the town disappeared after three decades of existence.[4] Passenger train service ceased in the early 1960s. The abandoned Smith House hotel burnt to the ground in 2000.[5]

Although comprising a few residences, most of the old cabins have disappeared with time.[6]

Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop)
Year19181929193519431948195419551961
Ref.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
TypeRegularRegularRegularRegularRegularReg/FlagReg/FlagFlag

References
  1. The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
  2. "Carmi". BCGNIS. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. Akrigg, G. P. (Philip) V.; Akrigg, Helen (2011). British Columbia Place Names (Third ed.). UBC Press. ISBN 978-0774841702. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. N.L. Barlee (1973). Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns. Canada West Publications.
  5. "Nelson Star, 21 Oct 2013". www.nelsonstar.com.
  6. streetstomper (2017-07-26), Road trip to Carmi BC (Is it a Ghost town?), retrieved 2019-05-04
  7. "1918 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
  8. "1929 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 31 (TT122).
  9. "1935 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 12 (TT 70).
  10. "1943 timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 44 (TT151).
  11. "1948 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 45 (TT151).
  12. "1954 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  13. "1955 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  14. "1961 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 73 (TT40).
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